1999 CHEVROLET ASTRO Complaints

IN A FRONTAL COLLISION NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON IMPACT, CAUSING MAJOR INJURIES TO DRIVER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING,VEHILCE STARTED ZIG ZAGGING, UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE. DRIVESHAFTAND AXLE FELL OFF.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

AT 29,000 MILES THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, BEARINGS AND PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHEN I COMPLAINED THAT THIS WAS LOW MILES FOR BRAKES TO FAIL, THE MANAGER SAID THE BRAKES GO OUT EARLY ON THIS MODEL BECAUSE THE BACK BRAKES WERE NOT SO GOOD SINCE THE SELF ADJUSTING WAS NOT RELIABLE. I WROTE TWICE TO GM ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION. I SPOKE TO THE MANAGER;S BOSS WHO SAID I WOULD REPLACE BRAKES EVERY 30,000 MILES BECAUSE THE BRAKES WERE LIGHT FOR THE VAN WEIGHT. NOW AT ABOUT 43,000 I AM AGAIN HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS. SEEMS WRONG TO ME. ITEM 2 -AT 35,425 MILES I REPORTED WHEN THE VAN WAS IN FOR SERVICE THAT I PUSH THE GAS PEDAL DOWN AND THE VAN JUST DID NOT WANT TO GO. THEN IF YOU HELD THE PEDAL DOWN AFTER A BIT, THE VAN WOULD JUMP FORWARD BECAUSE IT SUDDENLY GOT GAS. THIS WAS BAD WHEN ANYTHING WAS AROUND CLOSE BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE SHOP SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE A PART UNDER WARRANTY. I THINK IT WAS CALLED A THROTTLE BODY, BUT I AM NOT SURE. THEY REPALCED NOTHING. THEY CLEANED THE THROTTLEBODY PLATE. THE PROBLEM IS NOW MORE NOTICABLE. FROM DISCUSSION WITH OTHER PEOPLE, IT SEEMS THIS LACK OF GOING AS YOU PUT THE PEDAL DOWN, AND THEN THE SURGING AHEAD IS HAPPENING TO MANY PEOPLE. THIS COMES FROM AN INTERNET CAR PROBLEM CHAT SITE. *AK

WITH NO ONE IN THE CAR, LEFTSIDE DOOR, THE SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS STARTED ON FIRE. LUCKLY I WAS NEAR THE CAR WITH A FRIEND AND SAW THE RUNNING LIGHTS ON THE CAR FLASHING AND THE DOOR SWITCH ON FIRE. BY PULLING THE BATTERY CABLE OFF WE STOPPED THE FIRE. THE DRIVERS DOOR AND SWITCH WHERE BURNED. THE CAR DROVE HOME. ON THE WAY TO WORK THE NEXT DAY THE CAR HEADLIGHTS CAME ON AND WOULDN'T GO OFF, THEN THE HEAT MOTOR STARTED GOING ON AND OFF. I LEFT THE CAR WITH NORWOOD MOTORS TO CHECK OUT UNDER WARRANTY. MY DAYS MAY BE OFF A DAY OR TWO, BUT AFTER A FEW WEEKS THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND JUST REPLACED THE MAIN WIRE HARNESS. BECAUSE IT WAS A FIRE THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND I HAD TO USE MY CAR FIRE INSURANCE. I AM STILL BLOWING FUSES 20 AMP FUSES TO THIS DAY, I AM VERY EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD WE ARE TALKING, I PERSONALLY I BELEIVE THE DOOR LOCKS WHICH ARE THE 20 AMP FUSE, IS BACK FEEDING TO THE LOW AMPERAGE SWITCH AND FEEDING BACK AND BURNING WIRES IN THE HARNESS. I'VE SAVED THE ORGINAL HARNESS. THIS PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED WITH DIODES THAT ONLY ALLOW THE CURRENT TO FLOW ONE WAY. CHILDREN IN A CAR WITH NO KEYS CAN CAUSE THIS A CONDITION. THIS IS NOT A FIRE ACCIDENT, IT'S A WIRING DESIGN THAT NEEDS UPDATING. I COULDN'T GET ANYWHERE WITH CHEVROLET, OR THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE IT'S A CAR INSURANCE PROBLEM KNOW. SO I AM WORKING MY WAY INSURANCE DEPARTMENTS, AND NOT THE CHEVROLET, WHICH PUTS ME IN THE MIDDLE WITH NO SUPPORT. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME JAMES REYOLDS. *AK

DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT LOCK AT TIMES, AND WILL NOT UNLOCK AT OTHER TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS IS AN UNSAFE PROBLEM. *SCC

ON THE WAY HOME FROM A CONFERENCE I NOTICED MY LEFT TIRE MAKING NOISE, I INSPECTED IT VISUALLY AND FOUND NO OBVIOUS PROBLEMS, I PROCEEDED HOME AND HAD A BLOW OUT OF THE TIRE WHICH I FOUND OUT LATER TO BE RELATED TO A DEFECTIVE IDLER ARM. THIS IN TURN CAUSED ME TO HAVEA ACCIDENT WITH DAMAGE TO MY VAN AND ANOTHER CAR. AT 57000 (APPROXIAMATE) MILES THE IDLER ARM SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORN THAT SEVERELY TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM AND SEE IF OTHER ASTRO VANS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. THANK YOU. *AK

IN REAR END ACCIDENT DRIVER SEAT FLEXED FORWARD, CAUSING HIM TO INJURE HIS BACK, AND NECK. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING GEAR BOX IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THE CONSUMER CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE CORRECTLY AND THE CONSUMER HAS HAD THE STEERING GEAR BOX REPLACED THREE TIMES ALREADY BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. NLM. THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMS THAT THE STEERING PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY OIL LINE CONFIGURATION AND THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED BY MAKING A NEW DESIGN. *YH

CONSUMER STATED ROTORS ON VEHICLE HAD WARPED. HAD REPAIRED. THE ROTORS WAS WARPED AGAIN. HAD TO HAVE REPAIRED THIS IS A CONTINOUS PROBLEM. NLM

UNIROYAL,HIDE A WAY, T155/80D18, ON A 200, CHEVROLET, ASTRO WITH 18570 MILES. SPARE TIRE HAS DEEP CRACKS ALL AROUND THE SIDEWALL.*AK.*JB